The Low Countries
Subtitle: arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands
By: chief editor, Luc Devoldere
Contributors: Ons Erfdeel vzw
Publisher: Flemish-Netherlands Association, Ons Erfdeel
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rekkem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9789079705177
Subjects: Flemish Arts; Periodicals; Dutch Arts; Arts; Arts and society; Civilization; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Other titles: TLC; Arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands; TLC : the low countries; TLC : 22
Description: In this edition we want to deal with some less obvious facets of the Great War. What was the lot of the many hundreds of thousands of refugees who ended up in the Netherlands and Great Britain in the autumn of 1914? What role did the Knight-King Albert I and his wife Queen Elisabeth play in the mythologization of "la Belgique sanglante et martyre" and "Gallant Little Belgium"? How did occupied Belgium fare? We examine lieux de mémoire like the poppy, the Menin Gate in Ypres, war songs and the landscape - the last witness. What was the effect on the Netherlands of not experiencing the First World War? The second was certainly a traumatic experience for them and even today there are still questions about the Shoah that do not go away. As well as the themed pieces this volume offers the usual choice of essays on writers and artists past and present, on history that survives to the present day and society that has evolved from its past.
Notes: Alternative title: TLC.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: On being asked for a war poem / Luc Devoldere; title: The Flanders poppy as Lieu de Mémoire / Nicholas J. Saunders; title: Commemoration in stone and in silence The Menin Gate and the Las Post Ceremony as Lieu de Mémoire / Dominiek Dendooven; title: They went with songs to battle Songs as Lieux de Mémoire of the Great War / Georgina Boyes; title: In Flanders fields The Landscape of War as Lieu de Mémoire / Piet Chietens; title: Violence and legitimacy Occupied Belgium 1914-1918 / Sophie de Schaepdrijver; title: Belgian refugees in Britain 1914-1919 / Christophe Dectercq; title: An extract from Across the Channel / Annelies Beck; title: The Belgian-Dutch border during the First World War A Second Belgian Front? / Alex Vanneste; title: Belgium's finest hour? King Albert and Queen Elisabeth in Wartime / Luc Vandeweyer; title: The Great War that largely passed us by in the Netherlands / M.C. Brands; title: Three questions that do not go away The Netherlands and the Shoah / Maarten Asscher; title: Bodybuilders in Haarlem Startling Aspects of Cornelis van Haarlem's Art / Ilja Veldman; title: Writing is gilding The Monumental Oeuvre of A.F. Th. van der Heijden / Arnold Heumakers; title: The lost highway Journey along the Kortrijksesteenweg / Derek Blyth; title: Misanthropes, boring assholes and amoral winners The Literary Work of Herman Koch / Jeroen Vullings; title: Thanksgiving came via Leiden The Influence of Holland on the Pilgrim Fathers / Dirk Vandenberghe; title: Directors of characters The Sculptures of Folkert de Jong / David Stroband; title: The highs and lows of Hendrik Conscience / Theo Hermans; title: The decline of the Belgium car industry / Ewald Pironet; title: d = f (a-s) Wim Crouwel, a Timeless 20th Century Designer / Geert Setola; title: Flemish film beyond the borders of Flanders? / Erik Martens; title: Futile scribbles in the margins of history The Literary Work of F. Springer / Ad Zuiderent; title: The sculptures of Oscar Jespers in an international context From Wieske Baseleer to Little Leda / Jose Boyens; title: Nijmegen revived From Roman Settlement to Havana on the Waal / Daan Cartens; title: All said before Menno Wigman's Ennui / Piet Gerbrandy; title: Over exposure The Art of Erik van Lieshout / Frank van der Ploeg; title: Population shrinkage in the Netherlands From a Cold to a Warm Approach / Gert-Jan Hospers; title: Hand ballet and reflection On the Work of Karel Dierickx / Stefan Hertmans; title: The everyday is good The Novels of Koen Peeters / Tomas Vanheste.; title: The difference between language and dialect in the Netherlands and Flanders / Marc van Oostendorp; title: FILM AND THEATRE; title: The golden key to happiness Alex van Warmerdam's 'Borgman' / Karin Wolfs; title: Purveyors to the court of modern variety The Ashton Brothers / Jos Nijhof; title: HISTORY; title: Kaiser turned woodcutter Huis Doorn, Home of the Exiled Wilhelm II (1920-1941) / Luc Devoldere; title: The American dream in Antwerp The Red Star Line Museum / Ed Kiekowski & Libby Kiekowski; title: The Gazette van Detroit celebrates its 100th anniversary / Jeroen van Cauwelaert; title: Pinkster in New York / Jeroen Dewulf; title: LANGUAGE; title: A biography of the Dutch language / Roel Vismans; title: LITERATURE; title: Cees Nooteboom as nomadic writer / Paul Vincent; title: A poet in love with words Lucebert Translated into English / Mischa Andriessen; title: MUSIC; title: Minimalist grandeur The Paradoxical Pop Music of Balthazar / Pieter Coupe; title: Caro Emerald gladdens our hearts A Diva Without the Whims / Lutgard Mutsaers; title: POLITICS; title: The power of the 'intermediate sphere' The Passage to Europe / Hendrik Vos; title: From Plato to the European Union The Road to Democracy / Kris Deschouwer; title: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY; title: More radical than Spinoza Adriaan Koerbagh (1633-1669) / Bart Leeuwenburgh; title: Marc van Montague, winner of the World Food Prize / Dirk van Delft; title: SOCIETY; title: A Cassandra in the city Joris Luyendijk / Bart Eeckhout; title: VISUAL ARTS; title: The 'Commedia dell'Arte' of Peter Vos / Paul Depondt; title: Contributors; title: Translators; title: Colophon.